1. Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:
(Agree = + and Disagree = - )
( ) The position of our body in prayer is not important.
( ) Prayer is not getting something from God, it is doing something with God.
( ) Our lack of faith is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem.
( ) When our prayers are not answered as we wish them to be answered, it is because of our lack of faith.
( ) Part of praying without ceasing means that we must all set aside a regular time time for prayer.
( ) Praying for our needs and not the needs of others is a sign of immaturity.
( ) Every Christian should have a regular time of prayer each day.
( ) Christians should be encouraged to pray in public.
( ) Praying in faith is completely believing that something is going to happen.

2. Which of the following is most true? The reason that many Christians spendonly a little time in prayer is because…. Choose your top two choices.( ) Their lack of discipline( ) Their self-sufficiency( ) Their lack of concern for others( ) Their wrong priorities( ) Their legalism( ) Their lack of wholeheartedness for seeing God's will be done( ) Others_____________________________________________________

3. Which of the following statements best describes what prayer is like? Put an ( X ) by your three top choices.( ) Opening up a Christmas present from your dad.( ) A drowning man crying out for help.( ) Seeking advice from a mechanic on how to operate your car.( ) An ambassador receiving all that he needs to be an effective ambassador( ) A child intimately talking with his father.( ) A soldier using his weapons and supplies during warfare( ) Others______________________________________________________

4.If God can do anything He wants to do (Ps 135:6), can fulfill His purposes withoutus (Dan 4:34-37), knows what we need before we ask (Matt 6:7,8), already knowswhat is going to happen (Eph 1:11); why should we pray?

RESOURCES: Biographies and autobiographies of George Mueller, Hudson Taylor, Joh Knox, David Branierd, Bill Bright, Dawson E.Trotman and the role that prayer played in their lives.

ASSIGNMENT: Complete the "Prayer Exercise" and be ready to discuss next week.